That's a situation which needs to be governed by corproate policies, not the law.
If either HR or a person's manager asks for access to a mailbox, they are granted that access. -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Midgley, Ian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:46 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Monitor Email content > > > Wow. So if a manager comes to me (Exchange admin) coz she > dating a bloke in > the typing pool and suspects he's two timing her and asks if > she can read > all his mail then it's ok for me to let her? Can I read his > emails at the > same time? What's my defence when he files a claim against me > for emotional > trauma when both his girl friends dump him? > > I just don't want to go there. > > The emails might be the companies property but who is allowed > to read them > is a different thing altogether. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 June 2003 15:38 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Monitor Email content > > > not in the US . . . courts ruled a while ago that email is > company property. > A policy is good if you want to be *nice* but it is not > required to read > employee email . . . > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Midgley, Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:10 AM > Subject: RE: Monitor Email content > > > > Before you start looking at your users mail ensure that you have an > > email policy defined and that all your companies employees > know what > > it is. Otherwise, you personally can be held responsible > for invading > > someones privacy. Like with tapping phones you have to have > reasonable > > grounds to > do > > this sort of thing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Terry Hines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 June 2003 22:36 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Monitor Email content > > > > > > I have been tasked with reviewing the content of employee > email. 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